ISAH V. STATE

HABEEB ADEWALE OLUMUYIWA ABIRU, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This appeal is against the judgment of the High Court of Jigawa State delivered in Case No. JDU/87C/2017 by Honorable Justice Umar M. Sadiq on the 28th of October, 2020.

The Appellant, as the first accused person, was charged along with one other and others at large with two counts of conspiracy to commit armed robbery and of committing armed robbery contrary to the provisions Sections 97 and 298(1) of the Penal Code of Jigawa State. The Appellant was alleged to have, with the one other and others at large, on or about the 5th day of August, 2016 in Kumbura Fulani Settlement in Birni Kudu Local Government Area of Jigawa State conspired to commit armed robbery and to have committed armed robbery by attacking one Isyaku Abubakar while armed with guns and machetes and making away with the sum of N200,000.00.

​The Appellant pleaded Not Guilty to the charge and the matter proceeded to trial. In the course of the trial,…